Power failure after accident: motorist crashed into distribution box!

Power failure after accident: motorist crashed into distribution box!

Humperdinckstraße, 63075 Offenbach, Deutschland - in Offenbach, a massive power failure occurred on Friday afternoon, February 21, 2025, after a 61-year-old driver crashed into a distribution box with her Hyundai. The incident occurred shortly before 2 p.m. on Humperdinckstraße. Although the woman was luckily unharmed, the property damage is estimated at several thousand euros while her vehicle had to be towed. The exact reasons for the accident have so far been unclear, as Fireworld.at reports.

As a result of the collision, there was not only a power failure, but also disorders on the Internet, with telephony as well as traffic lights and street lighting in the Lauterborn district. Even if it was originally feared that the power failure could affect several households, it turned out that only occasional households were without electricity. Several employees of the energy supply were on site to fix the problems as quickly as possible, a police spokesman Tagesschau.de . .

Nevertheless, the effects on internet and telephone connections were noticeable and caused unrest in the affected quarter. While the police and the urban pension companies were working intensively on the removal of the disorders, the exact circumstances of the accident remain the subject of investigations.